climigo

Guinea-Bissau

When to go?

No ideal month: the best months are December–January, the least hot. Avoid February–November (hot, at times extreme heat and often rainy and torrential rain).

Climate zones

GuineaSenegalBissauBissauBissauBolamaBolamaBolamaBafatáBafatáBafatáCacheuCacheuCacheuBubaqueBubaqueBubaque

Mean maximum and minimum temperature and mean monthly precipitation of the season (the mean of its three months), ERA5-Land 1996–2025, at about 9 km resolution: colours are in levels (the same as the city scale) and smaller details are not real.

What is the climate like?

Area mean indicative, over the whole territory

Temperature and rain

January 34°19°
February 36°21°
March 38°23° extreme heat
April 38°24° extreme heat
May 37°25°
June 34°25°
July 31°25° torrential rain
August 30°25° torrential rain
September 31°25° torrential rain
October 32°24°
November 33°23°
December 34°20°

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

−5°0°5°10°15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec19.1 · 33.9 °CJanuary: 19.1 · 33.9 °C20.6 · 35.9 °CFebruary: 20.6 · 35.9 °C22.5 · 37.5 °CMarch: 22.5 · 37.5 °C23.9 · 37.9 °CApril: 23.9 · 37.9 °C25.0 · 37.0 °CMay: 25.0 · 37.0 °C25.3 · 34.0 °CJune: 25.3 · 34.0 °C24.6 · 30.9 °CJuly: 24.6 · 30.9 °C24.5 · 30.4 °CAugust: 24.5 · 30.4 °C24.5 · 31.2 °CSeptember: 24.5 · 31.2 °C24.4 · 32.2 °COctober: 24.4 · 32.2 °C22.6 · 33.3 °CNovember: 22.6 · 33.3 °C19.7 · 33.5 °CDecember: 19.7 · 33.5 °C

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

Jan 19.1 – 33.9 °C
Feb 20.6 – 35.9 °C
Mar 22.5 – 37.5 °C
Apr 23.9 – 37.9 °C
May 25.0 – 37.0 °C
Jun 25.3 – 34.0 °C
Jul 24.6 – 30.9 °C
Aug 24.5 – 30.4 °C
Sep 24.5 – 31.2 °C
Oct 24.4 – 32.2 °C
Nov 22.6 – 33.3 °C
Dec 19.7 – 33.5 °C

How much it rains

January 0 mm0 d
February 0 mm0 d
March 0 mm0 d
April 0 mm0 d
May 19 mm2 d
June 164 mm9 d
July 455 mm19 d torrential rain
August 503 mm22 d torrential rain
September 366 mm19 d torrential rain
October 169 mm11 d
November 21 mm1 d
December 1 mm0 d

Rain days and how much water

0102030 dJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mm · 0 rain daysJanuary: 0 mm · 0 rain days0 mm · 0 rain daysFebruary: 0 mm · 0 rain days0 mm · 0 rain daysMarch: 0 mm · 0 rain days0 mm · 0 rain daysApril: 0 mm · 0 rain days19 mm · 2 rain days · 10 mm a dayMay: 19 mm · 2 rain days · 10 mm a day164 mm · 9 rain days · 18 mm a dayJune: 164 mm · 9 rain days · 18 mm a day455 mm · 19 rain days · 24 mm a dayJuly: 455 mm · 19 rain days · 24 mm a day503 mm · 22 rain days · 23 mm a dayAugust: 503 mm · 22 rain days · 23 mm a day366 mm · 19 rain days · 19 mm a daySeptember: 366 mm · 19 rain days · 19 mm a day169 mm · 11 rain days · 15 mm a dayOctober: 169 mm · 11 rain days · 15 mm a day21 mm · 1 rain day · 21 mm a dayNovember: 21 mm · 1 rain day · 21 mm a day1 mm · 0 rain daysDecember: 1 mm · 0 rain days

Rain days and how much water

Jan 0 mm0 d
Feb 0 mm0 d
Mar 0 mm0 d
Apr 0 mm0 d
May 19 mm2 d
Jun 164 mm9 d
Jul 455 mm19 d
Aug 503 mm22 d
Sep 366 mm19 d
Oct 169 mm11 d
Nov 21 mm1 d
Dec 1 mm0 d

Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day

Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm

Daylight hours

January 11 h 30
February 11 h 45
March 12 h 03
April 12 h 24
May 12 h 40
June 12 h 49
July 12 h 45
August 12 h 31
September 12 h 12
October 11 h 52
November 11 h 35
December 11 h 26

Mean daylight hours over the whole territory.

Spatial mean over the whole area, weighted by area (cosine of the latitude), not by population: indicative only, since the climate varies a lot within an area (coasts, plains, mountains). Look at the cities for the weather you will find.

Cities